Husband and Father Youwei

Chapter 116

On the day when Ruan Tang and Tang Jingyun met, Emperor Wu Cheng once said that he would recognize Ruan Tang as his son. Although Tang Jingyun stopped this matter at the time and did not actually carry it out, the people who heard this sentence at the time were very happy. At least, there are servants in the palace, maidservants, and servants of the Tang family, so even if Tang Jingyun and Tang Jingting issued a seal order, under the deliberate pursuit of those who cared, the words of Emperor Wu Cheng were still passed on. go out.

Ruan Tang is not in the blood of Emperor Wucheng, and he is married. According to common sense, it is absolutely impossible for him to become the heir of Emperor Wucheng. However, Emperor Wucheng was not a stickler from the beginning to the end. A person who is put in the eyes of others. For Tang Jingyun, he doesn't even care about having no offspring, so it is not impossible for him to love Tang Jingyun's son as his own.

Although the Ruan Tang family has just arrived and has no foundation in Beijing, but Tang Jingyun and the Tang family behind him and all his in-laws and friends, because of the deliberate promotion of Emperor Wu Cheng over the past few years, they have important status in the court that cannot be underestimated. Weight, can bring enough support and help to Ruan Tang, how can Zhao Qi, Zhao Xu and other Zhao family not be afraid?

Originally, when Zhao Wei was still in the palace, he fought openly and secretly with Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu, so he couldn't care about Ruan Tang for a while. Only after Zhao Wei was expelled from the palace by Emperor Wu Cheng, this balance was broken. Both of them knew very well that if they waited to defeat each other before attacking Ruan Tang, it would undoubtedly be at their own disadvantage, so they came up with the same strategy that could kill two birds with one stone, that is, planting blame and framing , Borrowing a knife to kill someone.

Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu stayed in the palace for a long time, so they naturally recruited some people to use them. Among them were the palace people who worked in the imperial dining room. It was not difficult to add medicine to Ruan Tang's meals. thing. When Ruan Tang died of poison, Tang Jingyun and Emperor Wu Cheng would naturally investigate the murderer behind the scenes thoroughly. At that time, the people Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu placed beside each other would hide the relevant evidence by their side and make the other party their scapegoat. Lamb, this removes the last two obstacles at once.

It's just that only one person can use this strategy in the end, and Zhao Xu took a step ahead of Zhao Qi. He has been paying attention to Zhao Qi and Ruan Tang's situation. On that day, he found that Zhao Qi had sent someone to order food in the imperial dining room, and Ruan Tang happened to be staying alone in Zhaoqing Hall for lunch, so he He ordered his people to add poison to Ruan Tang's soup with bamboo sun and old duck.

At the same time, he asked people to hide the poison bag in the servant's room sent by Zhao Qi to the imperial dining room, trying to frame Zhao Qi for the poisoning. But Zhao Qi is not a mermaid, as soon as news of the poisoning in Zhaoqing Palace came out, he immediately knew that it was Zhao Xu who did it. Although he lost his chance and was confined in the palace, he had no room to resist, so when Tang Jingyun sent someone to interrogate the people in Zhao Qi's palace, someone confessed that he was bought by Zhao Xu and framed Zhao Qi, He also took out the token that originally belonged to Zhao Xu, and Zhao Xu was restrained for this reason.

At this point, it seems clear that Zhao Xu poisoned Ruan Tang and framed Zhao Qi, and Zhao Qi was innocent, but Tang Jingyun always felt that it was not that simple, so he changed direction and started The Yasukuni Mansion searched, and then found out that the person behind the bribery of the Yasukuni Mansion's servants was none other than Zhao Qi's father Hui Wang's confidant.

Through his father Hui Wang outside the palace, Zhao Qi learned that Emperor Wu Cheng had intended to make Ruan Tang his heir, so he disclosed the news to Zhao Wei and Zhao Xu, hoping that they would take action to get rid of Ruan Tang, and then he would Then you can reap the benefits of the fisherman. Of course, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Zhao Qi also made two-handed preparations. If Zhao Xu hadn't taken any action, he wouldn't have waited forever, and would have done it himself to solve Ruan Tang, and then frame the matter on Zhao Xu.

But in the end Zhao Qi was just planning to do this, and he hadn't actually made it, so he couldn't be convicted based on it, but neither Tang Jingyun nor Emperor Wu Cheng would let him go. Although Zhao Qi was innocent, his father, King Hui, bribed the servants of the Duke of Jingguo to spy on the emperor's words and deeds, which was a crime of disrespect. Emperor Wu Cheng directly cut Hui Wang's title and demoted him to a commoner. Zhao Qi, as his son, naturally also became a commoner, and thus lost the qualification to be an heir.

As for Zhao Xu, he poisoned Ruan Tang to murder Ruan Tang. The announcement became that he poisoned himself, so that it suddenly changed from an ordinary murder case to a crime of treason by ransacking the family and exterminating the clan. Not to mention Zhao Xu, even the entire Prince Duan's mansion behind him collapsed overnight. .

Originally, as the last two surviving clan sons, Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu were very popular in Beijing, and they never stopped fawning and flattering people around them. The residences of Prince Hui and Prince Duan where they were born were also full of people, and the people who made friends with them were even more unknown. However, once the two families were convicted, the people who had flocked to them in the past immediately dispersed like birds and beasts, lest they would be implicated themselves.

However, there are those who are apprehensive, and there are also those who are hopeful and delighted by the loss of King Hui and King Duan. Now that there is no heir in the palace who can inherit the great line, it is natural that a new heir should be selected, so after this, there were many Zhao family members who brought their children to pay respects to Emperor Wu Cheng and Tang Jingyun. Although they have all heard the rumors that Emperor Wu Cheng wanted to make the son of Empress Tang a prince, but it is still just a rumor. As long as the matter is not settled, they still have hope.

What disappointed them was that Emperor Wu Cheng was so annoyed by the actions of Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu that he no longer mentioned the matter of his successor, which made everyone feel uneasy.

Tang Jingyun didn't care whether the Zhao family had successors or not, but as a queen, he would inevitably be disturbed a lot, so he said to Emperor Wu Cheng: "The matter of the heir should be settled quickly, or the threshold of my Zichen Palace will be trampled soon. It's over."

Emperor Wu Cheng didn't take it seriously, and said: "If you don't like seeing them, just go back and don't feel wronged."

Tang Jingyun shook his head, frowned disapprovingly and said: "That can't be gone forever, Otherwise, after a long time, there will be chaos outside, and the heir should be settled as soon as possible, and those people outside will be honest."

Emperor Wu Cheng was silent for a moment, and then said: "...I already have a candidate in my mind, but you may disagree."

Tang Jingyun said: "This is a matter for your Zhao family, you can decide for yourself, there is no need..." In the middle of speaking, Tang Jingyun suddenly thought of something, looked at

Emperor Wu Cheng quickly, and said, "You are right, can't it be Yuan'er?" Immediately, he tightened it even more, and his voice sank a bit, and said: "If you really make Yuan'er your heir, the Zhao family will definitely not agree. Do you think Yuan'er has not been targeted enough?"

"It is precisely because of this that I made this decision." Emperor Wu Cheng loved Tang Jingyun a lot and had always said the same thing to him, but this time he knew that Tang Jingyun was against it, but he still insisted on it.

Before Tang Jingyun could say anything more, Emperor Wu Cheng opened his mouth and continued: "I have never paid attention to those people in the Zhao family. They disagreed when I ascended the throne as emperor, and they also disagreed when I made you queen. Disagree, but so what, I am the emperor, the master of the world, no one can stop me from doing what I want to do. I know

you are worried about the safety of Ruan Tang and the others, but you really think that I will pass the throne to People from the Zhao family, they can let Ruan Tang, let you, let the Tang family go? They dare to attack Ruan Tang now that I am still there. After a hundred years, I don't know how they will belittle you. I know you don't care These, but I can't tolerate the slightest possibility of this kind of thing happening.

So from the beginning, I didn't intend to leave the throne to the people of the Zhao family, but just let them fight each other in the name of Li Heir, weakening the clan's strength It's all about power. When the time is right, I'll pick one of your nephews and nieces that you like and take them to the palace to raise. You are the queen, and the elders connected by blood, whether it's from blood relationship or stability With your own status, the new emperor will not and dare not show any disrespect to you, and only then can we truly guarantee that you can live a healthy and smooth life for the rest of your life."

All the plans of Emperor Wu Cheng's words and sentences were all for Tang Jingyun, how could Tang Jingyun not be moved, and although he still felt that this matter was a bit inappropriate, he could hear that Emperor Wu Cheng's mind had been made up, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Alright, finally gave a wry smile, and said: "People in the Zhao family say that I have bewitched the king and brought chaos to the court, and now the Zhao family's century-old foundation will be cut off because of me, but it is not unreasonable to scold me." "...This is

me Your decision has nothing to do with you." Emperor Wu Cheng couldn't hear Tang Jingyun's self-suffering words, he moved gently but embraced him with Tang Jingyun's irresistible strength, and said in a low voice: "After so many years, after all I am sorry for you... You have a bright future, a loving father and son, and a peaceful and fulfilling life. It was I who forced you to stay in the palace for my own selfishness, causing you to be criticized and humiliated by others, and even closer to your own flesh and blood. Separated for half a lifetime..."

"Why do you say this again?" Tang Jingyun let Emperor Wu Cheng hold him, did not break free, but frowned slightly, and said: "It's all in the past, don't mention it again." Tang Jingyun refused to let him say, Wu

Chengdi He didn't say any more, but Tang Jingyun was hugged even tighter between his arms. He was sorry for Tang Jingyun, so he was willing to make up for it with everything he had, including the world he had won with all his might, but he didn't regret it. Even if he did it all over again, he would never let Tang Jingyun go. When he was alive, Tang Jingyun wanted to stay by his side, even if he died, he had to be buried with him.

The matter of the crown prince was thus settled under the insistence of Emperor Wu Cheng and the compromise of Tang Jingyun, but now Ruan Tang is pregnant, in order to prevent further twists and turns, it will be kept secret for the time being, and everything will wait for Ruan Tang to go well Let's talk about it after production.

It's just that although neither of them told Tu Lin and Ruan Tang about this matter, Tu Lin, who was once again changed by Emperor Wu Cheng and who was increasingly relied on, and Tu Lin, who suddenly began to be taught the way of employing people and the art of balance by Tang Jingyun, were under his control. Not to mention policy and so on, Ruan Tang, who was asked for advice on affairs related to the government and the people's livelihood from time to time, was still vaguely aware of something.

But this possibility was too unbelievable, so neither of them took it seriously. However, six months later, after Ruan Tang gave birth to a son, Emperor Wu Cheng publicly announced in the court that Ruan Tang was the adopted son, and made Ruan Tang the crown prince. will.

A shocking thunder was thrown down by Emperor Wu Cheng without any warning. It not only knocked out all the ministers of civil and military affairs, family members and nobles, but also stunned Tu Lin and Ruan Tang who were playing with the children in the Zhaoqing Palace. people.